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WMN Welcomes Chase, Ups Marsh

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 kevincarter WAR, Warner Music Nashville

• Warner Music Nashville bolsters its Radio & Streaming department with 1) the addition of a new member, and 2)

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John Shomby Exits Cumulus Media

April 7, 2020 kevincarter Cumulus Media

• RAMP has confirmed that John Shomby has exited his dual role as Cumulus Media’s Director of NASH Programming and PD of

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Gator Hangs Out The Shingle

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 kevincarter Reviver Entertainment Group

• Veteran music industry executive Gator Michaels announced his departure as President of Reviver Entertainment and the launch Gator Michaels Consulting,

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CMA Pledges $1 Mil To MusiCares

April 1, 2020 kevincarter CMA, MusiCares

• As the music industry and its live events sector continues to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Country

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ACM Lifting Lives®, Helping Humans

April 1, 2020 kevincarter ACM Lifting Lives

• ACM Lifting Lives® announced the creation of the ACM Lifting Lives® COVID-19 Response Fund to assist individuals working in

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Gayle King To Host ‘Our Country’

March 31, 2020 kevincarter Academy of Country Music

• Gayle King, one of the hosts of CBS This Morning announced that she will host ACM Presents: Our Country, a

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CMA Fest Cancelled

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 kevincarter CMA, CMA Fest

• As with pretty much every event on the calendar, CMA Fest 2020 has been cancelled. The event had been scheduled

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Remembering Joe Diffie

March 29, 2020March 30, 2020 kevincarter

• In a chilling sign of the times we are currently existing in, Variety reports that Country star Joe Diffie, who had

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That Is One Big Sanitized Machine

March 27, 2020March 29, 2020 kevincarter Big Machine

• Big Machine Distillery, Nashville-based makers of platinum-filtered premium vodka has retooled during this COVID-19 crisis and is now producing

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Craig Powers Returning To Records

March 26, 2020 kevincarter Curb Word Entertainment

• Stand by for the formal announcement, but Craig Powers took to Facebook today to announce his impending move from radio